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About Juri Village

Juri is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 362, made up of 197 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Juri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Juri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Chaurah
Pincode 176321
Area (hectares) 168 hectares
Population 362
Male Population 197
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Juri compares

By the 2011 count Juri is the 98th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Juri

Juri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Juri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Juri from other places

Juri lies about 27 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 67 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Juri
Tehsil headquarters Chaurah 27 km
District headquarters Chamba 27 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 67 km

Villages closest to Juri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chaurah tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Juri

As per the Census of India 2011, Juri village had a population of 362. That makes it the 98th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Juri village has 197 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Juri has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Juri is 176321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Juri covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Juri falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Juri is Nurpur Road, about 67 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Juri.

Juri is about 27 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Juri is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 27 km away. Chamba is about 27 km away. Nurpur Road is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gwari (under 2 km), Khander (3.2 km) and Paraba (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Juri today is likely to be higher.

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